Virtus beat mouz to win CEVO S8

Virtus.pro successfully managed to defend their CEVO title after defeating mousesports 3-0 in the grand final of Season 8 (16-8 on de_inferno and de_mirage, and 16-4 on de_cobblestone).

The title decider of the CEVO Season 8 finals brought together the two group winners, both of whom reached this stage on the back of an impressive 6-1 map record.

The first map of this best-of-five was de_inferno, where the opening stages were highly contested as neither side could find a way past the other. However, as the game wore on Virtus.pro became more dominant, and the Polish team closed out the half with a significant 11-4 lead. Winning the pistol round in the second half meant nothing for mousesports, with Virtus.pro winning the force buy to regain control of the proceedings before sealing a 16-8 victory.

Next up was de_mirage, a map where Virtus.pro are traditionally very strong. The map began with Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong giving mousesports the round after winning a 1-vs-3 clutch, taking down one player with the glock and knifing another opponent through a smoke. But the German team's lead was short-lived as they were caught off-guard by a force buy from Virtus.pro, who carried this momentum all the way to the end of the half as they got out to a commanding 13-2 lead.

Virtus.pro win back-to-back CEVO titles 

The second half began with the teams trading a couple of rounds, but then mousesports tightened up their defense and brought the scoreline to 8-15. However, it was just too little, too late, as Virtus.pro closed out the map to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

On map three, de_cobblestone, Virtus.pro came out the brighter and won nine of the first ten rounds despite being caught out in an anti-eco round early on. mousesports looked helpless to stop Virtus' offense, picking up just two more rounds before the half came to an end.

A triple kill from Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač in the pistol round as Terrorist gave mousesports some breathing room, but their spirits were crushed right after as Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski picked up an ace to provide Virtus.pro with the necessary momentum to close out a 3-0 clean sweep.

CEVO Professional Season 8 FinalsBest of 5 Virtus.proMatchpage 3 0 8th November 2015 MOUZ 16Inferno 8 16Mirage 8 16Cobblestone 4

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	76 - 35	+41	-	1.73
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	65 - 40	+25	-	1.44
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	51 - 37	+14	-	1.16
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	41 - 33	+8	-	1.03
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	47 - 40	+7	-	1.03

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	47 - 58	-11	-	0.88
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	45 - 58	-13	-	0.81
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	33 - 53	-20	-	0.69
Fatih 'gob b' Dayikgob b	31 - 54	-23	-	0.69
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	27 - 59	-32	-	0.47

CEVO Season 8 final standings:

1. Virtus.pro - $40,000
2. mousesports - $25,000
3-4.  Titan - $10,000
3-4.  Conquest - $10,000
5-6. dignitas - $5,000
5-6.  Luminosity - $5,000
7-8. Null element Na`Vi - $2,500
7-8. Team Liquid - $2,500

Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 22 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 684 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Age: 25 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 576 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 18 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 257 KPR: 0.83 DPR: 0.70